LDR (immediate)

Load Register (immediate) calculates an address from a base register value and an immediate offset, loads a word from memory, and writes it to a register. It can use offset, post-indexed, or pre-indexed addressing. For information about memory accesses see Memory accesses.

This instruction is used by the alias POP (single register).

It has encodings from the following instruction sets: A32 ( A1 ) and T32 ( T1 , T2 , T3 and T4 ) .

A1

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
!= 1111010PU0W1!= 1111Rtimm12
condRn

Offset (P == 1 && W == 0)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn> {, #{+/-}<imm>}]

Post-indexed (P == 0 && W == 0)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn>], #{+/-}<imm>

Pre-indexed (P == 1 && W == 1)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn>, #{+/-}<imm>]!

if Rn == '1111' then SEE "LDR (literal)"; if P == '0' && W == '1' then SEE "LDRT"; constant t = UInt(Rt); constant n = UInt(Rn); constant imm32 = ZeroExtend(imm12, 32); constant index = (P == '1'); constant add = (U == '1'); constant wback = (P == '0') || (W == '1'); if wback && n == t then UNPREDICTABLE;

CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behavior

If wback && n == t, then one of the following behaviors must occur:

T1

1514131211109876543210
01101imm5RnRt

T1

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn> {, #{+}<imm>}]

constant t = UInt(Rt); constant n = UInt(Rn); constant imm32 = ZeroExtend(imm5:'00', 32); constant index = TRUE; constant add = TRUE; constant wback = FALSE;

T2

1514131211109876543210
10011Rtimm8

T2

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [SP{, #{+}<imm>}]

constant t = UInt(Rt); constant n = 13; constant imm32 = ZeroExtend(imm8:'00', 32); constant index = TRUE; constant add = TRUE; constant wback = FALSE;

T3

15141312111098765432101514131211109876543210
111110001101!= 1111Rtimm12
Rn

T3

LDR{<c>}.W <Rt>, [<Rn> {, #{+}<imm>}] // (<Rt>, <Rn>, <imm> can be represented in T1 or T2)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn> {, #{+}<imm>}]

if Rn == '1111' then SEE "LDR (literal)"; constant t = UInt(Rt); constant n = UInt(Rn); constant imm32 = ZeroExtend(imm12, 32); constant index = TRUE; constant add = TRUE; constant wback = FALSE; if t == 15 && InITBlock() && !LastInITBlock() then UNPREDICTABLE;

T4

15141312111098765432101514131211109876543210
111110000101!= 1111Rt1PUWimm8
Rn

Offset (P == 1 && U == 0 && W == 0)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn> {, #-<imm>}]

Post-indexed (P == 0 && W == 1)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn>], #{+/-}<imm>

Pre-indexed (P == 1 && W == 1)

LDR{<c>}{<q>} <Rt>, [<Rn>, #{+/-}<imm>]!

if Rn == '1111' then SEE "LDR (literal)"; if P == '1' && U == '1' && W == '0' then SEE "LDRT"; if P == '0' && W == '0' then UNDEFINED; constant t = UInt(Rt); constant n = UInt(Rn); constant imm32 = ZeroExtend(imm8, 32); constant index = (P == '1'); constant add = (U == '1'); constant wback = (W == '1'); if (wback && n == t) || (t == 15 && InITBlock() && !LastInITBlock()) then UNPREDICTABLE;

CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behavior

If wback && n == t, then one of the following behaviors must occur:

For more information about the constrained unpredictable behavior of this instruction, see Architectural Constraints on UNPREDICTABLE behaviors.

Assembler Symbols

<c>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<q>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<Rt>

For encoding A1: is the general-purpose register to be transferred, encoded in the "Rt" field. The PC can be used. If the PC is used, the instruction branches to the address (data) loaded to the PC. This is an interworking branch, see Pseudocode description of operations on the AArch32 general-purpose registers and the PC.

For encoding T1 and T2: is the general-purpose register to be transferred, encoded in the "Rt" field.

For encoding T3 and T4: is the general-purpose register to be transferred, encoded in the "Rt" field. The PC can be used, provided the instruction is either outside an IT block or the last instruction of an IT block. If the PC is used, the instruction branches to the address (data) loaded to the PC. This is an interworking branch, see Pseudocode description of operations on the AArch32 general-purpose registers and the PC.

<Rn>

For encoding A1, T3 and T4: is the general-purpose base register, encoded in the "Rn" field. For PC use see LDR (literal).

For encoding T1: is the general-purpose base register, encoded in the "Rn" field.

+/-

Specifies the offset is added to or subtracted from the base register, defaulting to + if omitted and encoded in U:

U +/-
0 -
1 +
+

Specifies the offset is added to the base register.

<imm>

For encoding A1: is the 12-bit unsigned immediate byte offset, in the range 0 to 4095, defaulting to 0 if omitted, and encoded in the "imm12" field.

For encoding T1: is the optional positive unsigned immediate byte offset, a multiple of 4, in the range 0 to 124, defaulting to 0 and encoded in the "imm5" field as <imm>/4.

For encoding T2: is the optional positive unsigned immediate byte offset, a multiple of 4, in the range 0 to 1020, defaulting to 0 and encoded in the "imm8" field as <imm>/4.

For encoding T3: is an optional 12-bit unsigned immediate byte offset, in the range 0 to 4095, defaulting to 0 and encoded in the "imm12" field.

For encoding T4: is an 8-bit unsigned immediate byte offset, in the range 0 to 255, defaulting to 0 if omitted, and encoded in the "imm8" field.

Alias Conditions

AliasOf variantIs preferred when
POP (single register)A1 (post-indexed)P == '0' && U == '1' && W == '0' && Rn == '1101' && imm12 == '000000000100'
POP (single register)T4 (post-indexed)Rn == '1101' && P == '0' && U == '1' && W == '1' && imm8 == '00000100'

Operation

if CurrentInstrSet() == InstrSet_A32 then if ConditionPassed() then EncodingSpecificOperations(); constant offset_addr = if add then (R[n] + imm32) else (R[n] - imm32); constant address = if index then offset_addr else R[n]; constant data = MemU[address,4]; if wback then R[n] = offset_addr; if t == 15 then if address<1:0> == '00' then LoadWritePC(data); else UNPREDICTABLE; else R[t] = data; else if ConditionPassed() then EncodingSpecificOperations(); constant offset_addr = if add then (R[n] + imm32) else (R[n] - imm32); constant address = if index then offset_addr else R[n]; constant data = MemU[address,4]; if wback then R[n] = offset_addr; if t == 15 then if address<1:0> == '00' then LoadWritePC(data); else UNPREDICTABLE; else R[t] = data;

Operational information

If CPSR.DIT is 1, the timing of this instruction is insensitive to the value of the data being loaded or stored.


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